COVID Booster Only 30% Effective: Cleveland Clinic Study

A new study has revealed that the COVID boosters provide very little protection against infection.

QUICK FACTS:
  • The new COVID boosters have been discovered to contain very little protection against the virus, according to a recent study by researchers at the Cleveland Clinic.
  • The boosters, from Pfizer and Moderna, ultimately were only 30% effective in preventing infection.
  • The researchers looked at data from clinic employees dating back to September 12, shortly after the boosters were administered.
  • Out of 52,000 workers, about 10,000 received one of the boosters and researchers then compared the boosted population to those who were unvaccinated.
  • The study, published as a reprint by the medRxiv, discovered the effectiveness to be at 30%, and laboratory tests indicated the boosters performed worse against newer variants.
EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE SPECIALIST DR. PAUL ELIAS ALEXANDER ON BOOSTERS BEING LESS THAN EFFECTIVE:

“It is basic knowledge that if you mass vaccinate in the midst of a pandemic across all age-groups with circulating virus (infectious pressure) as is the situation, using a vaccine that does not sterilize/neutralize the virus (stop infection, replication, or transmission as these do not), then natural selection pressure will play a role, and the virus will select for more infectious variants and the infections will not stop,” Alexander said.

BACKGROUND:
  • A recent study published in the Journal of Preventative Medicine revealed that regular exercise and physical activity greatly reduced the risk of severe outcomes and hospitalization.
  • “There were protective associations of physical activity for adverse COVID-19 outcomes across demographic and clinical characteristics,” the study authors said. “Public health leaders should add physical activity to pandemic control strategies.”
  • The key takeaway from the study was that every bit of physical activity counts, according to Deborah Rohm Young, Ph.D., the lead author of the study and the director of the Division of Behavioral Research for the Kaiser Permanente Southern California Department of Research & Evaluation. “The more exercise the better, no matter a person’s race, ethnicity, age, sex, or chronic conditions,” Young said.

LATEST VIDEO